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Profile
Ms. Johnson she provides day-to-day advice and counsel to her clients on a broad spectrum of employment and labor relations issues; including state and federal wage and hour, employee compensation, employee leaves of absence, discrimination and harassment, performance management, and discipline and termination. Ms. Johnson assists employers in developing, drafting and implementing personnel policies and procedures and developing strategies for managing disability and employee leave of absence issues. She assists and represents employers in negotiating collective bargaining agreements and in grievance and arbitration proceedings.
Ms. Johnson conducts training for Human Resources professionals and supervisory employees on topics including: California AB 1875 Mandatory Harassment Training, Effective Hiring and Interviewing, Proactive Performance Management, Avoiding Discrimination, Harassment and Wrongful Termination Claims, and Managing Disability and Employee Leaves of Absence.
Ms. Johnson is a frequent speaker at trade and industry conferences, Chambers of Commerce meetings and Bar Association seminars.
Experience
Ms. Johnson represents management before state and federal courts and administrative agencies in the hospitality, retail, construction, manufacturing and shipping industries. Ms. Johnson defends clients in class action litigation and single and multiple plaintiff litigation, and in administrative audits, charges and complaints. She represents clients before the California Division of Labor Standards Enforcement, the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing, the California Employment Development Department, the California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board, the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health, the Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and the National Labor Relations Board.
Education and Honors
J.D., University of South Carolina School of Law, 1982
B.A., magna cum laude, History, University of South Carolina, 1980
Warwick University, Coventry, England Exchange Program through the University of South Carolina Department of History, 1979-1980
Professional Activities
- National Association of Women Lawyers
- SHRM Southern California Chapter
- PHIRA Los Angeles Chapter
- Culver City, CA Chamber of Commerce
- Association for Conflict Resolution's 2011 Annual Conference - "Social Media Issues in the Workplace" - San Diego - October 12, 2011
- ALI-ABA Telephone Seminar and Audio Webcast - "Doing Business in California: How to Decipher California Labor and Employment Law" - September 13, 2011
In The News
- August 30, 2011 - Law360 - "Ogletree Deakins Nabs Epstein Employment Atty In LA"
California
New York
South Carolina
U.S. Court of Appeals, Second and Ninth Circuits
U.S. District Court, Central, Eastern and Northern Districts of California
U.S. District Court, Eastern, Southern and Western Districts of New York
U.S. Tax Court